🪷 सूर्य · Sūrya (Sun)
🪷 Krishna-Declaration · How this graha IS Krishna
Krishna IS the light of the Sun (BG 7.8 prabhāsmi śaśi-sūryayoḥ). The Sun in any chart is His ātma-tejas illuminating that house. Sun-strength = ātma-strength.
Graha · Agni (Fire) · Sattva · Male · East-direction · Vimśottarī 6 yrs
Today's transit (2026-06-03)
| Rāśi (sign) | Vṛṣabha |
|---|---|
| Nakshatra | Rohiṇī · pāda 3 |
| Sidereal longitude | 48.3045° |
| Motion | Direct (mārgī) |
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta (Bhāskara-II 4-step iteration · Lahirī ayanāṁśa)
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Classical attributes (per BPHS)
- Alternate names
- Ravi · Bhāskara · Āditya · Mihira · Bhānu
- Ruling rāśi(s)
- Leo (Siṁha)
- Exalted
- Aries (Meṣa) (10°)
- Debilitated
- Libra (Tulā)
- Mūla-Trikoṇa
- Leo (Siṁha) · 0°-20°
- Friends
- Moon · Mars · Jupiter
- Enemies
- Venus · Saturn
- Neutrals
- Mercury
Significations (kāratva)
- Ātmā (soul)
- Father · authority · government
- Bones · heart · eyes (right)
- Karma · dignity · prestige
- Health · vitality · sva-tejas
Mantra
oṁ ghṛṇi sūryāya namaḥ · oṁ hrāṁ hrīṁ hrauṁ saḥ sūryāya namaḥ
Remedy summary (śānti-upāya)
Ādityahṛdaya stotra · Sūrya-namaskāra at sunrise · ruby (māṇikya) · Sundays · saffron offerings · BG 10.21 chanting
Cross-references
- BG 10 Vibhūti Yoga · all of Krishna's named excellences
- Krishna-as-Paramaatma · BG 7 manifest
- Compute your own birth-chart
- API: today's krishna-tattva (Ujjain reference)
📖 References
- Parāśara Muni. Bṛhat Parāśara Horā Śāstra (बृहत् पाराशर होरा शास्त्र). The canonical Vedic-jyotiṣa treatise · BPHS 97 adhyāyas · the supreme manual · Source for Vimśottarī Mahādaśā · Pañca-Mahā-Puruṣa Yogas · Aṣṭakavarga · Doṣa-detection.
- Sūrya-Siddhānta (सूर्य-सिद्धान्त). Classical Indian astronomy treatise · first-principles closed-form analytical engine · earliest extant Sanskrit text ~4th-5th century CE · Foundation of all pañchāṅga computation on Vidhyamitra · operationalised for the 1.6M BCE → 429K CE range.
- Vyāsa Maharṣi. Bhagavad-Gītā (भगवद्गीता), BG 10.21. Mahābhārata Bhīṣma-parva 23-40 · multiple recensions in continuous use ~5,150 years · Krishna's explicit identification with Sun/Sūrya: Among the 12 Ādityas I am Viṣṇu; among lights I am the radiant Sun. · www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q179572.
- Bhāskara II (1114–1185 CE). Siddhānta-Śiromaṇi (सिद्धान्त-शिरोमणि). Classical Indian astronomical treatise · 4-step iterative manda-method · Source for the orbital-position computation underlying Sun's sidereal longitude.
📚 See Also
- Aries (Meṣa) · Sun's exaltation rāśi · Where Sun attains maximum strength
- Moon · a friend-graha of Sun · Friendly graha per BPHS classical relationships
- Mars · a friend-graha of Sun · Friendly graha per BPHS classical relationships
- Jupiter · a friend-graha of Sun · Friendly graha per BPHS classical relationships
- BG 10 Vibhūti-Yoga · grahas as Krishna's tejo-aṁśas · Krishna IS the grahas (BG 10.21-22)
- Jyotiṣa Reference · all 89 elements · Complete encyclopedia of grahas · rāśis · nakshatras · tithis · karaṇas
- Birth-Chart Calculator · See Sun's position + dignity + house for YOUR chart
- Why we can compute 1.6M BCE → 429K CE · The Sūrya-Siddhānta engine moat
📖 References
- Bṛhat-Parāśara-Horā-Śāstra (BPHS) · Maharṣi Parāśara — Classical authority on graha attributes · the source of Sun's significations · dignities · aspects
- Sūrya-Siddhānta · Anonymous (~500 CE) — Computational treatise on planetary motion · the engine behind every position-calculation
- Bhagavad-Gītā BG 10.21 — Krishna's explicit identification with this graha-aspect